Analyzing Bobcats Front Office (FO)

[spectre]

But I want to be back in mediocrity now dammit!

[MadBOBCATfanUK]

I'm going to sit on the fence on the MKG pick and get a sore ass. But i'm sure we all know he is going to be shooting dawn till dusk, trying to get better.

[superb1]

They were sold as he being BPA but were trying to obtain more picks. They risk losing out on MKG if moving to #4

[Adam42R]

I was working last night but when I saw on my phone we took MKG I was a little confused. But the more I thought about it the more it made sense. ...

Makes more sense to me today than it did. Thomas Robinson clearly wasn't our first pick. And the pickup of Ben Gordon ruled out Beal. So we had some diversions out there to throw folks off our target. We clearly wanted MKG. And as it is, we got not only the guy we primarily wanted, we got a second guy that we probably would have never expected to nab. So IF we had made that vaunted trade w/ the Cavs for the 2&31 for the 4&24&33, we may have still gotten our #1 guy in MKG (but there was probably a tempered risk that the Wiz pick him up if Beal is off the board) and we would have felt lucky to get a Taylor at the 24th slot (and we'd be on the hook for more money for the same guy we get in the 2nd round - note that he was expected to be gone by the 24th pick anyway - not that he would have been the "only" guy we'd have been looking for at that pick).

Bottom line is that we got who we wanted at the #2 pick so if we traded down to do it or not is irrelevant. We also got a lot of value in the #31 pick. If we had been able to execute the 2 for the 4&24 (keeping our #31 pick), we probably would have done it. As it is, we got - according to us; and since we could have picked anyone at the #2, I believe Cho & Whit & co. - exactly who we wanted in the 1st and better than we expected in the 2nd.

I think this was very well done indeed the more I ponder it. Excited to be a Cat!

[JamieMcNeill]

But I want to be back in mediocrity now dammit!

Yeaaa! WTF were we thinking?! I don't want to wait a few years to be a serious contender! I want to be a perpetual 8th seed/playoff doormat again!

[Black]

Agreed. We can either:

A-Take Robinson, sign Beasley, and a few other pieces to maybe win 30 games next year.

-or-

B-Draft MKG, develop him, accept that we won't be great next year, and probably have a top five pick, and a mid-first round pick from Portland.

It's a gradual process to become a good team. Quick fixes never work. MKG might never average 20 a game, but he will be an essential cog in the puzzle going forward. We have a young team, give them time to gel, and they could be special in a couple of years.

[Ghost Kat]

However, some people are terminally stupid, and need to know this.

Say it again

[Talent]

I think the issue here is there were 3 BPA's on the board so we had to pick the one that we felt fit the vision for the teams future. I know the other two players will be fine NBA players, but so will MKG. Even if he never averages over 15 PPG not many draft picks do.

[Dcarnys]

Loging on here and seeing all the MKG hate seriously made me think someone started the Suicide Pact again.

[kitch0202]

From my perspective, it's not that I hate (or even dislike) the MKG pick. I have little doubt he will be a good NBA player and it has been said many times that shot mechanics are one of the easiest things to teach/improve. I wish him all the best and will love the energy and defence he will bring next season and beyond.

However ...

When I look at the players available to Portland (for example) at 6 & 11 I can't help but think we could have brought in two players, both of similar quality to MKG. And no, bringing in two lottery picks isn't going to derail our rebuild and condemn the franchise to mediocrity! They may not have ended up adding many/any wins next season, but would have been two good young building blocks for the future rather than 1.

MKG or Leonard & Lamb?
MKG or Drummond & Harkless?

That is my only regret and it has nothing to do with any ill feeling to MKG.